Description
Product ID: | 9781472124807 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | The Salient |
Subtitle: | Ypres, 1914-18 |
Authors: | Author: Alan Palmer |
Page Count: | 288 |
Subjects: | European history, European history, History, First World War, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, First World War, Belgium, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1) |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Ypres today is an international 'Town of Peace'. But in 1914 the town, and the Salient, the 35-mile bulge in the Western Front, of which it is part, saw a 1500 day military campaign of mud and blood at the heart of the First World War that turned it into the devil's nursery. Ypres today is an international ''Town of Peace'', but in 1914 the town, and the Salient, the 35-mile bulge in the Western Front, of which it is part, saw a 1500-day military campaign of mud and blood at the heart of the First World War that turned it into the devil''s nursery. |
Imprint Name: | Constable |
Publisher Name: | Little, Brown Book Group |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2016-10-06 |